Mexico increases armed disarmament drive in agrarian states
In Mexico City the Calles government expands a nationwide anti bandit push by ordering disarmament of agrarian groups in Michoacan Jalisco and Guanajuato and extending to Vera Cruz. Sunday passes with only one church disturbance San Jacinto in San Angel where police and soldiers clashed with Catholics. six Catholic leaders arrested for inciting disorder.
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Mexico City
Mex
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Department of War
Michoacan
Jalisco
Guanajuato
Vera Cruz
San Jacinto
San Angel
Mexico
Kellogg Guests President at White Pine Camp Visit
Secretary of State Kellogg stayed at White Pine camp on Osgood Lake with Mrs Kellogg to report to President Coolidge on department matters including the Mexican situation and the Geneva conference. Dublin National Agricultural Show draws over 70 000 attendees, a new record.
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Paul’s Smith
N. Y
Kellogg
Coolidge
White House
Osgood Lake
White Pine Camp
Muscatine Merchants Set For Annual Full Dollar Day
Merchants in Muscatine have set their annual Full Dollar Day and have prepared special events to make it one of the greatest bargain canals in the city history. Residents of the city and surrounding countryside await detailed announcements soon from cooperating merchants.
Smith Reluctant to Run for Governor in 1920
President Bee Buzzes reports Gov. Smith of New York reluctant to seek another term. He tells friends in Buffalo he would run if Democrats push him, citing scriptural fears of wealth and power. Republicans meet in Chicago to discuss joint campaign strategy amid drys wets clashes and party leadership tensions.
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Gov. Smith
New York
George H. Tinkham
Massachusetts
Sargent
Washington
Peter G. Gerry
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Providence
Buffalo
Adna W. Leonard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Leonard
House
Chicago
Witness silent for four years echoes murder case near Summerville
In Summerville New Jersey Aug 16 AP a hearing on the murders of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills features Mrs Jane Gibson a pig raiser who testifies she saw two men and a woman near Phillips farm and heard shots she identifies Stevens and Carpender as the men Frances Stevens Hall is the accused woman released on 15000 bail Millwright Robert Erling testifies he saw Gibson on a mule while the night of Sept 14 and heard no shots James Mills husband of the slain singer recounts his wife leaving for a rendezvous with the rector and asks where she is going before she follows.
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Summerville
N. J
Jane Gibson
Henry Carpender
Willie Stevens
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Mills
Gibson
Derissey’s Lane
Phillips Farm
Stevens
Carpender
Frances Stevens Hall
Hall
Liberty
Robert Erling
Derussey’s Lane
Planes Delayed by Heavy Rain in Kansas City
Twenty one planes on the commercial airplane liability tour were held for over an hour by a heavy rain storm in Kansas City Missouri. The Douglas transport carrying newspapermen took off for Moline Illinois after a brief delay as crews reassessed the weather. Other aviators planned to depart at 11 o clock and said they would exit the storm area within ten minutes, with the group heading northeast.
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Kansas City
Moline
Ill
Wichita
Kas
Douglas
Aviators
Break In At Sacks Brothers Plant Yields $1.50
Sioux City report says Yeegis robbed the office safe at the Sacks Brothers packing plant this weekend. After smashing the dial with a punch the thieves found only 1.50 in nickels and dimes. the safe was unlocked and left open.
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Sioux City
British Coffin Case Proves Empty at Waterloo Station
The Home Office announced a packing case said to contain Lord Kitchener's body was found to hold an empty coffin. Scotland Yard seeks Frank Power, the Brit ish newspaperman who delivered the case from Norway after the Hampshire sinking. The case was opened before the coroner and Sir Bernard Spilsbury.
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Ish
Home Office Today
Waterloo Station
Lord Kitchener
Scotland Yard
Frank Power
Norway
Hampshire
Home Office
Waterloo Road
Lamberth Coroners Court
Ingleby Oddie
Bernard Spilsbury
Jilted Lover Accuses Girl In Gunshot Death
Cecil McMillan 23 lies near death and accuses Ruth White Cotton 15 of shooting him. Cotton is arrested on murder warrant as inquest nears. She says McMillan shot himself after she rejected his love.
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Granite City
Ill
Cecil McMillan
Ruth White Cotton
McMillan
Federal warrant to target Canton underworld in murder case
U S prosecutors prepare to issue a warrant naming a Canton man linked to the murder of Don R. Mellett as part of a federal attack on Canton liquor rings and organized crime. Judge Agler urges justice and law observance by officials and citizens amid allegations of public official corruption.
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Cleveland, O
United States
Canton
A. E. Bernstein
Bernstein
Don R. Mellett
Canton. O
A. W. Agler
Stark County
Mellett
R. Roach
Chicago
Indians Aid Bandit Hunt In Wyoming Forest
A posse of 50 Shoshone and Arapaho Indians joined 20 Wyoming guardsmen sheriffs and cowboys in a manhunt for two Union Pacific mail bandits feared to have fled toward Jackson Hole. Colonel Tim McCoy was accidentally wounded but not fatally. The chase extended into Wind River range and Washakie National Forest as authorities widen the search.
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Lander
Wyo
Union Pacific Mail
Tim McCoy
Wyoming
Search National Forest
Wyoming National Guardsmen
Wind River Range
Washakie National Forest
Custer
Jackson Hole Country
Teton Mountain Ranges
Idol of Screen Seriously Ill in New York Hospital
Rudolph Valentino, the film idol nicknamed the Sheik, was operated on for appendicitis and a gastric ulcer. He remained somewhat critical as doctors guarded against peritonitis. Flowers and telegrams poured in from Hollywood and other notables. Jean Acker visited the hospital but could not see him. Pola Negri, his fiancée, expressed grief and planned to visit in about 10 days.
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Rudolph Valentino
New York
Jean Acker
Valentino
Hollywood
Sheik
Chicago
Pola Negri
Los Angeles
Calif
Mangled bodies identified in Chicago slaying case
Police linked John Nelson, 60, to the murder of Mary Zapala, 27, owner of a rooming house. Zapala was shot to death. Nelson's body later found in railroad yards, possibly by suicide or accident. Neighbors note Nelson's infatuation with Zapala and possible motive.
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Chicago
Ill
John Nelson
Mary Zapala
Nelson
Miss Zapala
Chicago and Northwestern
Toliie
Hmself
Miss Zapata
Complete seizure of Mexican insurrection group near border
Federal agents captured General Enrique Estrada and staff three miles from the Mexican border with armored trucks rifles machine guns and 155000 rounds of ammunition. About 150 Mexicans were jailed in San Diego as charges of leading and participating in an armed expedition are filed.
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San Diego
Calif
Enrique Estrada
United States Department of Justice
Culzura
Imperial Valley
Estrada
Fort Rosecrans
Enrique Estrasa
Los Angeles
Negro Guard Foils Jail Break at Cook County Jail
Chicago August 16 AP report says a Black prison guard pretended to have a pistol to stop three prisoners from escaping. The inmates had sawn from cells and overpowered two guards before the guard's ruse halted the breakout. Investigators probe links to a robbery at the criminal court chambers.
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Chicago
Cook County
Veterans of Spanish War in Session Elector Candidates
The twenty eighth annual encampment of United Spanish War veterans opened in Des Moines Iowa with Harvey H Hanna of Tennessee as a leading candidate for commander in chief Elections were set for Wednesday and Hana was backed by southern central and western states Some opponents included Senator Rice Means Frank B Dodds Col O C Smith and Charles G Janeau Speakers at the morning session included Gov Hammill Sen Means Rep John Robinson and Marie C Williams with Frank F Dodds presiding as Carmi Thompson attends in the Philippines on a federal mission
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Des Moines
Harvey H. Hanna
Tennessee
Hanna
Tennessee Power and Public Utilities Commission
Santi Spiritus
Cuba
South
Middle West
Veterans
National Auxiliary
Gov. Hammill
Iowa
Rice W. Means
Colorado
John Robinson
Marie C. Williams
Veterans Auxiliary
Henry Kincaid
Frank F. Dodds
Carmi Thompson
Philippines
National Council of the Naval and Military Order
Car Off Embankment Claims One Life Near Colo
Edward W. Smith of Fort Des Moines, 52, was killed when his car left Jefferson Highway and rolled down a five foot embankment a mile north of Colo. Police believe he fell asleep at the wheel during the early hours yesterday.
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Des Moines
Edward W. Smith
Fort Des Moines
Jefferson Highway
Colo
Weather Summary for Iowa and Illinois Tonight and Tuesday
Parts of Iowa and Illinois expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Thunder chances are noted in southern and central Illinois, river stages show modest rises in Davenport and Keokuk while St Louis remains steady.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
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